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Discovered and introduced by Jim and Fran Clarke, the foliage of this perennial plant emerges each spring in a... -
The first Curator of the Trinity College Botanic Garden was James Townsend Mackay and he held the position for a...
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Primula ‘Lady Greer’ Primula ‘Lady Greer’ is a plant that has graced our gardens for around 100 years. This beautiful, mid-spring...
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Garrya × issaquahensis Garrya × issaquahensis, a cross between G. elliptica and G. fremontii, is an evergreen shrub with wavy-edged,...
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Ruscus aculeatus 'John Redmond' Ruscus aculeatus is notable as having cladodes rather than leaves. The cladodes are a spine tipped, flattened...
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Bergenia purpurascens ‘Irish Crimson’ Bergenia purpurascens ‘Irish Crimson’ is an exceptionally attractive plant in winter when its foliage turns an...
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Leucanthemum ‘Hazel’s Dream’ The daisy has always been appreciated for its simple shape, colour and petal arrangement. Whether it is the modest...
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Pittosporum 'Silver Queen' Pittosporum is a genus of approximately 200 species mainly native to Australia and New Zealand. Less than 20...
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Hypericum ‘Rowallane’ As shrubs, Hypericum tends not to be valued highly by gardeners, perhaps because of associations with new housing developments...
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Meconopsis ‘Slieve Donard’ The last time rhododendrons were in fashion perhaps thirty years or so ago, I was taken to...
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Clematis ‘Glasnevin Dusk’ This beautiful clematis came from seed collected by Seamus O’Brien, Head Gardener at the National Botanic Gardens...
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Pulmonaria ‘Blake’s Silver’ Pulmonarias are given to self-seeding, regularly producing inferior or indifferent forms, but our gardens are occasionally...
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Escallonia ‘Donard White’ Escallonia are much loved as garden plants, producing blooms over a long period of the summer. They...
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Solanaceae, what a useful plant family: potatoes, aubergines, tomatoes, chillies and peppers of many kinds, but also one with...
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The words: ‘…and now it is probably extinct’ kindled a tiny fire of excitement when I read them twenty...
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The ability of some gardeners to spot an unusual trait in a plant is a known fact. Maybe the...
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Since Victorian times, the Chilean myrtle has seeded itself in millions at Glanleam, Co Kerry; in places their wonderful...
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When I was a child, a programme of traditional Irish music and song wrapped up with ”If you feel...
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I was fortunate to find this rose in the garden when we moved here 25 years ago but unfortunate...
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It is a plant name, both scientific and horticultural, that gives cause for confusion and consternation. When I first...
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Dublin may have been the first home outside its native habitat of South Africa for the Natal lily. Initially...
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Rosa 'Irish Elegance' is a well-named cultivar for its six petals lie almost flat save for the under-curl at...
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Deutzia purpurascens ‘Alpine Magician’ is a tall, slender, multi-branched shrub that flowers in May, is completely hardy and will...
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Penstemon ‘Evelyn’ Penstemons are excellent garden plants; many of them are hardy, they flower for a long period starting in...
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Daboecia cantabrica ‘Alba’ St Dabeoc’s heath is a native Irish plant which is also found in south western France, through...
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This beautiful member of the cranesbill family was named by Nigel Marshall when he was Head Gardener at Mount...
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In his book Climbing Roses Old and New, the late Graham Stuart Thomas described this rose as 'quite overpowering...
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Those who grow and those who see Primula ‘Dark Rosaleen’ are unfailingly cheered by the sight. The dark purple...
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Botanic gardens, beacons of conservation now, at one time were also very keen to hybridise various plants in their...
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This is the very beautiful pink-flowered form of Trillium and is the only member of the Melanthium family mentioned...
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